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u coverpoint Davie. lli;ehmot, braun, ckper, bush, forwards Snyder, wartsz. Wing. ~J, Cochrane refereed the game satâ€" Mfl. ly. _ ‘The score at half time was 3 to 2 a the boys and up to then the Colâ€" had the best of the piny, but in @ secord half the Brigade picked up their oppenents quite hard abead at one time. Eventâ€" they were overbauled but reâ€" game to the finish, when the showed that the St. Jerome‘s had won out by 7 goals to 6. _‘The first match in Round R. of the ity Hockey League series was played rink on Wednesday afternoon C the Boya‘ Brigade and the «Jerome‘s teams. The college boys by the small margin of one goal, seore being 7 to 6. *The teams were: _« A CONTRACTOR WRECKED, r"_ht Worked a Complete Cure. snnouncing that a detachment of Boers With artillery as approaching, evidâ€" Bntly to attack us at daybreak. I have really been surprised in witnessing the Balmmese with which our boys went _to the combat post designated them. ~I not bragging, everbody was calm dirm, the distribution of the amâ€" nition, ctc., was made as quietly as ‘@ould have been done on parade. i ‘ever, the expected attack did not 1 fcaling the sicep Boor . Enaest Louis, of West Flamboro, | thut the English had improu so bad with Chronic Catarrh that awt-“w and entrenched scom@di permanently im wooen the lines of trenches od. treated, »pen veldt which had to be -unm-o-u-,mmm- :,'::" ‘mm“ "'I-fi 34 A...J!' Cnterring popdtd| from nord guns. â€" Three forces Our chaplain w«.: prepatred to offer piritual help as soon as required, which As a great encouragement to us. 1 m very well, and feel more courageâ€" us than I ever expected to, being so t away from you all. Ileave for adâ€" Ance post service today for a placewhich not quite as gay as this, but happily it not quite so warm toâ€"day and is tolâ€" able and agreeable. I will finish my | tter toâ€"morrow if time permits. . Dec. 15th. My term of ficld office is now finâ€" bea and I thank God for it. It is Fribly hot toâ€"day and I would like to ) in a cool shady corner to regain hat I lost last night. I am thinking &st a cool, shady spot on St. Louis », Quebec, would be very pleasant t a few hours. But it appears from esent indications, we must not think going back to Canada for a long ue as things are going very slow. OscarR. Jeromes, Boys‘ Brigade. terbalt. goal Wasthburn. dbiel. point We iver. . coverpoint Davk. @ervous prostration and liver comâ€" ations so afflicted J. W. Dinwoody, bractor, Campbellford, that physicâ€" he was almost a total wreck. â€" His mnrwommended South American e. _A few dosesgave him great f, induced sound sleep, and a few bry well and is showing a gtcat deal [ devotion. We taik very often of J and all that is dear to us there. ; see his father the Hon. Senator he has asked me to tell you to t himknow that he is quite well. | Our brave Canadians are deporting emselves in our new life in a manner i@t could not be better. We bad an arm the night before last, our scoute ea built him up and cured him so toâ€"day he is as strong and hearty natures are becoming bardened. Chaplain, the Abbe O‘Leary, has from Cape ‘Town a portable ispel, and for the Mass a room of a ro abandoned by the Boers after battle of Belmont, is used. Hepri inet was sent with a detachment r days ago, to protect the workmen &re repairing the railway, which is damaged by the Boers a distance three miles from here and he tias not & returned. â€" But we have news tbntl 4ll bas befallen him. Dr. Fiset is wâ€". where there is no shelter m burning sun and the rocks so hot that we dare not touch pre the sun beats down on them. d to that bodies of the last battle of nt, which we caunot bury, beâ€" we are on the solid rocks. These are partly covered with stone, ich does not prevent an alimost unâ€" Fable stench,. I cannot really unâ€" Btand how we are preserved from mess. Happily these terrible scenes not affecting us as they would unâ€" @rdinary conditions, but our senâ€" registered 107 degrees in mn,thawm.lu you an b of what wé bave to endure when gre in service of advance post on Hearingâ€"Catarrh Induces Deafâ€" Dr. Agnew‘s Catarrhal Powder College Wins the First ace and we were over the emoâ€" ich precedes an affair of that LIFE‘S A BLANK â€"we are cuabled to Healing the stcep the Hoork found that m:-.li.h‘lw the and entrenched heavily. mm"m“MMM Cimwll _ T00 2000 HPoeny of the hill. ‘Three spurs, precipitous projections, faced the Boer positions. Up these the advance was made. The hun-.‘m loft under the first terâ€" rushed into the laager saying that the Kop was lost, and that the Engâ€" lish had taken it. _ Reinforcements were ordered up, but nothing could be done.for u;mo time, the hill be> ing enveloped in thick mist. At dawn the Heidelberg and Caro~ lina contingents, sunvplemented from c::hc: commandor, begnn the ascent Mow the BHoers Say They Recaptured Spion Kop After It Had Been Taken by the British, Boer Houdqu;wrlon. Modder Spruit, Upper Tugela, Wednesday, Jan. 24.â€" (Midnight, _ via _ Lorenzo Marquez, Thursday, Jan. 25.)â€"Some Vryheld burghers from the outposts on the highest hills of the Spion Kop group ed to a nivety, and their artilliery sont several shells right to the top of the crest, forcing the infantry to take cover. ‘The Boer Nordenfeldt also was worked with great precision. ‘The British held the position against great odds. : At 10 o‘clock strong reinforcements were sent up the hill, and advanced in skeleton formation, the enemy being: driven back to the extreme point. ___ British Were Steggered. At daybreak, however, the Boers from a high point on the extreme cast sent a withering fire among the British, which momentarily staggered them. The Boers bad the range fixâ€" . 1 1 NS CC PC NLIRT infantry _ under _ General Woodgate. Our forces crossed over a ravine and climbed the mountain side steadily, getting within 30 yards of the enemy‘s first line of trenches. The Boers, who had been asleep, decamped, Jeaving everything behind, and the British, with ringing cheers, climbed to the summit. The Boers opened fire from several points, but it was apparent that they had been taken completelty by surâ€" prise, and their resistance was dis~ pirited. ‘The western crest of the hill. was soon won, and the infantry crept along the top of the hill. J Bpearsman‘s Camp, Friday, Jan. 26. â€"About 2 a‘clock on the morning of Jan. 24 ( Wednesday), â€" when heavy clouds rested upon the kopjes, the main point of the Boer position, Taâ€" banyama, was stormed by the British P oae 1P 1 "o"e, sullicient evidence of the morale of the trocps, and that we were perâ€" w.itted to withdraw our cumberous ox and mule transport across the river cightyâ€"five yards broad with 20 foot banks and a vory swift current unmolested is, T think, proof that the enemy has been taught to respect our Soldiors‘ fighting powers.‘" When Wosdgate‘s Forees Climed HH1 and Won Western Crest. enemy in the II’I;;l;l;l: think, sufficient evidence of the trocps, and that imb DPAni® flls Aride Aliihws. 2. 1 wilhdraw from actual toueh â€"â€" in some cases the Ii:r; were le s than a thensind yards npart â€" with the eneny in the manner it did is, T e enc Setots ND ‘‘Accordingly, I decided to withâ€" draw the forces to tho south of the Tugela. At 6 a.m. we commenced withdrawing the train, and by 8 a. m. Jan. 27 (Sunday) Warren‘s force ‘Wwas concentrated south of the Tugâ€" cla without the loss of a man or a pou»n:! of stores. * ‘‘The fact that tha forea saâ€"is it ‘"I reached Warren‘s camp at 5 a. m. on Jan. 25 and decided that a second attack upon Spion Kop was useless and that the enemy‘s richt was too strong to allow n mt enc on T. WV to abandon the position and did so before dawn Jan. 25. ‘‘Gen. Woodgate, who was in comâ€" mand of the sumimit, having been wounded, the officer who succeeded him decided on the night of Jan. 24 _ ihe crests were held all that day against severe aftacks and a heavy shell fire. _ Our men fought with galâ€" lantry. _ Would especially mention the conduct of the Second Cameronâ€" jans and Jhe Third King‘s Rifles, who supported the attack on the mounâ€" tain from the steepest side, and in each case fought their way to the top, and the Second Lancashire Fusiâ€" liers and Second Middlesex, who magâ€" nificiently maintained the best tradiâ€" tions of the British army throughout the trying day of Jan. 24 and Thorâ€" nycroft‘s _ Mounted Infantry, who fought throughout the day equally well alongside of them. "On the night of Jan. 28 he atâ€" tacked Spion Kop, but found it ditmâ€" cult to hold, as its perimeter was too large, and water which he had been led to believe existed, in this extraordinary dry season, was found to be very deficient. N RINt 3+ Fapdiecien o dn c ds Ad ... 2 . 38 ly the key of fhe position, but was far more accessible from the north than south. it " P snont nariihedlbrrelt i d tacking Spion Kop, a large bill, inâ€" deed, a mountain, which was evidentâ€" # Whool and onteined peopotetom af the enemy and obtained the southern crests of the high table lands extending from the line of Ac ton Homes and Honger‘s Poort to the western Ladysmith hills. ‘‘From then to Jan. 25 he remainâ€" ed in close contact with the enemy. ‘‘The enemy held a strong position on & range of small kopjes atretch ing from northwest to southwest to southeast across the plateau from Acton Homes through Spion Kop to the left bank of the Tugela. | *‘The actual position held was perâ€" fectly temable, but did not lend itself to an advance as the southern slopes were so steep that Warren could not get an effective artillery position and water supply was a difficulty. ; ‘‘On Jan. 28 I assented to his at. London, Jan. 29. â€"~ ‘The following is the text of Gen. Buller‘s despatch daied Spearman‘s Cump, Saturday, Jan. 27, 6.10 p.m. ; General Buller‘s Memage to the Wa Offce Coucerning Recent War Events â€"Tribuses to the Gailaniry of $5¢ ° Treops~What the Beers Cisim us the Resdlt of the Latest Movemen ts AN IMAGINATIVE STORY. BOERS TAKEN RY sURPRISE, 2 1@ Sieop the Boors found English had improved the ty and entrenched heavily. T which hnd "In t Yeamnd ""'y not ouly | from 16 * mflfinâ€"d assented to his atâ€" inted . from | c« ly: the ascent & precipit08$ | " Peing, uce «t made. e first terâ€" .$“€ me to force ~Wh3, 1 thought you carried all that -numm;" ;“l.lt"wletbmmuwy;.‘ with a knowing wink. ‘These are the Judges." ermmenenmmmmemmnces Mesara. Macmilian, the groat London booksellers, in their premises _i:-.nnuu.n:::arw "I see, sir. Your conception of a sickroom is a sinugbter house. Mine is not."â€"San Francieco Argonaut. Wherein They Differed. Dr. Emily Blackwell, one of the pioâ€" neers of her sex in medicine, heard a young pbysician deliver a fierce diaâ€" tribe against opeping the doors of the profession to women. When he ceas ed, she asked: "Will you please tell me one reason why they should not practice mediâ€" Bravely Sealed the Height. London, Jan. 29. â€" A special desâ€" paich from Spearman‘s Camp, dated Friday, and supplying additional deâ€" tails of the operations of Wednesday says: ‘‘The British made a most sucâ€" cessful movement toâ€"day. They doâ€" ployed to Gen. Warren‘s right flank and reinforced the troops in possesâ€" sion of Tabanyama. ‘They were subâ€" jected to a heavy Boer shell fire, but But Again He Says the Transvaal Will Not Seek Perce Firat. London, Jan. 29. â€" The Berlin correspondent of The Daily Mail says: ‘"‘Mr. Leyds is a popular lion ;here. He is being welcomed with an enthusiasm ordinary exlended only To most favored envoys. I have asâ€" certained from unimpeachable . eviâ€" dence that he is trying to induce Gerâ€" many to mediate." Loyds Talks Again. Perlin, Jan. 20. â€" The Deutache Tages Zcitung publishes an interview with Dr. Leyds, which represents him «s having said: ‘‘The war with cerâ€" tainty last a very long time. _ ‘The Transvaal will decidedly not be the first to seek peace and will refuse any proposals on the basis of the staâ€" tus quo.‘ The Modert Lawyer, A Inwyer walked down the street teâ€" :’! with his length of artas tazed to a lot of in w books. Pointing to the books, a friend sald, Did the Defence Committee Order White to Surrender Ladysmith or Cut Hia Way Out, New York, Jan. 29. â€" While little, if any, credence is to be placed in the alarmist despatches from London published by the sensational papers in this city, it is noteworthy that all refer to a rumor current in London that the Committee of National Deâ€" fence, which held a mceting in Lonâ€" don on Saturday, had decided to orâ€" der Gen. White to surrender Ladyâ€" smith or to make an effort to cut his way out. "Certainly, madam. They haven‘t the The War Office does not give any idea ‘of the casuaities in taking and holding Spion Kop, but & report from the Boer headquarters near Ladyâ€" smith, via Lorenzo Marquez, says that 1,500 British dead were left on the â€" battlefield. This number is thought to includaâ€"the wounded. The report Llso said that General Buller had been down with fever, but had recovered. ed a white flag. One hundred and fifty prisoners. God be thanked, but also had to give brave and valuable lives.*" ~ London, Jan. 29. â€" The following despatch has been received in London from ‘Pretoria, dated Jan. 25, via Lorenzo Marquez, Jan. 28: ‘‘The Govâ€" ernment .is advised that, after heavy fighting near Spion Kop, some Britâ€" ish on the Kop being stormed, hoistâ€" i m eeey PRtommy BV C believed to be the groundwor‘kfl of Lord Roberts‘ plan of campaign. Boer Head Laager, l.&;r;mlu:. Jan. 25.â€"(6 p.m.)â€"The British dead left on the battlefield yesterday numbered EWTVI concentration of the turcu:‘wvifd: Pm L00 mm mal AE 2 4 _ _ _z SEDâ€" 47.â€"There are. signs of important . movements developing in the North of Cape Colony. Genâ€" eral French has succeeded in getting in touch with Gen. Gatacre, possibly presaging & combination of the two columms and the commencement of & TS 10. VCO Sadenâ€"Powell, with a force of about 1200 irregulars, defended the town with great courage and ability. Col. ‘l.lhoda:‘a.mu:u t.utveek c 'g' rch a few 8 ma south to the relief of hftklw He was reported to hare about 2000 men. When last Feported he had reached Mochudi, 100 miles north of, Mafeking. A "Boer patrol bad withdrawn before him, destroying â€" the bridge at that point. Lorenzo Marquez, Delagon Bay Friday, Jan. 26. â€" It is reported on good Transvaal authority that Mafoâ€" king was relieved on Tuesday, Jan. Boers Report That Col. Pinmor and Col. Nadenâ€"Powell Have Joined Hands at Mafeking, D aIT 1HOTeO, serving as infantry, threw up their arms and rushed out abandonment Spion Kop English can hardly be guared as yet, blt‘tmtwo'\'.hb‘hr An unusugally high proportion of lyddite shells did not explode. trenches. . Firing continued for some time, and then the Fusiliers and the ol CCCR HoR ARprce Wwon, uol mum.mwuu. tkyâ€" line edges of the summit to shoot the Mafeking was besicged by the Boers on LEYD3 WAXNT MEDIAtTORS, COCK AND BULL STORY, Gen. French BDorr Estimate of the Dond, The Terrible Casuaitios. 150 British Were Takes. THE SEIGE RAISED, Teuches Gataere, p were in good spir € with vigor to the )elagoa _ Bay, given on their dep is reported 0n | * This Inghaimgnt rity that Mafoâ€" consists of . men . Tuesday, Janâ€" | aipari, Battleford, ll.”:"ort ‘lllcl&od. Boers br s edicine rbl. '33.- a lu= Calgary and Edmo :..‘d:s;:;d é: The men wore th d at Fort Tujy,| U accoutrements, cks ago to march | Vers, cartridge bel feking. He was | rifles, etc., and it Lém“a;".‘l“: for the men to m Boer patrot baa| Streots with their destroying the| their arms, but o â€" cold weather the : twen, as she walked through the Comâ€" | "Of course 1 was. Do you suppose -m..m.m.;"',",,:: a man could have only one Jung withâ€" dothe of the statshouse, "Beg pardon, | 90 b#ng aware of the fact? sir, but what building is that with the | . "APd 7°t," said the doctor, "you apâ€" brass top ? ply to a respectable company for a polt .__ Accommedated. «You ‘haven‘t ahy smokeless tobae | _"I certainly do. Not only that, but 1 mnnmr'-auu-umn-c -lllcrt‘:nnn:-w _ "Tota of it," anld the matter ot taet | â€" "Upon What ground, may 1 ask?‘ A shack to woston. An English woman, a visitor, grieved all Boston by irreverently asking a citâ€" --.ummsm..m.. mon :l saw the glided dothe the statehouse, "Beg pardob, sir, but what building is that with the brass top?" > fax on Fob. 10. This is taken to mean that the balance of the second contingent will sail about that dato. ‘The Mounted Infantry at ‘Toronto, now awniting orders to proceed to South Africa, Attended St. John‘s Church on Sunday. Mr. Robert Grabam of Claromont bas received orders to suporintend the quartering of the horses at Hallâ€" Lakefield Village raised $125 by a concert for the patriotic fund. Woodville Council voted $30 to the National Patriotic Fund. ffamilton‘s patriotic fund, for the benefit of fiu{!:nmben of the Fourth Field Battery, is now $10,607.97 and has been closed. Rosslénd, B.C., ladies gave a bail in aid of the National Patriotic Fund and $1,400 was realized, which makes Rossland‘s total $2,500. The officers at Stanley Barracks at Toronto are still in the dark as to Shdnudwdmmlormn- Mope polpit es (SCUEC CA _ TeWw â€"Of the Dectdâ€" guests had ever heard the French verâ€" He Was ::l.;':,::. l;:-::.“l- :. :;::";" .::‘d “I:rf.a:zb:dt::ele‘:::g'ju ‘f:: The young man was eithcr an opâ€" was again requested later in th~ cvinâ€" timist or the possessor of a barveyized ing to repeat the French version of | #!%°! Armor plated nerve. Perbaps be ‘"God Save The Quecn," and _ was | Wa® & little of both. Once more chcered to the echo. A short time ago he came to the conâ€" â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" elusion that he would like to inusure his oosrnncugr PrARAGRArHS. life. With this object in view be made : u* application to a prominent company. Lakefield Village raised $125 by a | After filling up the necessary form he “";,‘z:;:v:‘l’; the ":i‘l"‘“f;zd’“s"_% â€",, | received an inyitation to call upon the National Patriotic Funa. _ _ """| MeWal offcer of the .company and ffamilton‘s patriotic fund, for the undergo the ususl medical examinaâ€" benefit of thfpx:omben of the Fourth tion. In due course he presented himâ€" Field Battery, is now $10,607.97 and self at the oftice of the examining phyâ€" has been closed. sician. ie es o n npntpi‘y As_Frenchâ€"Canacians always use the English tongue when they â€" sing the National Anthem, few of the guests had ever heard the French verâ€" sion, and it created the wildest en thusiasm. In fact. the learned judge was again requested later in the evenâ€" ing to repeat the French version of Hepi c g C ue 2 oc ut l C on MPUdidonBinds ids h dsc ah 1230 al Fitzpatrick, who presided proposâ€" ed ‘‘The Queen‘‘ there was the groatâ€" est enthusiasm, all singing the Naâ€" tional Anthem with right loyal will. Just as the guests were mbout to take their seats Hon. Judee Mathieu of the Superior Court suddenly rose and declaimed a fine French translaâ€" tion of "God Save The Queen." Montreal, Jan. 29. â€" A very pleaâ€" sant incident took place on Saturday evening at the Windsor, whore the fftieth anniversary of the fncorporaâ€" tion of the Quebec Province bar was being celebrated by a banquet, some 150 guests, mostly Fronchâ€"Canadians. 1007 Suests, mostly > 21. 550ME sAn. 20. â€" The Elderâ€" Dempster Steamship Company chas been notified that the sltearish:ip Monterey of this line will transport the Strathcona contincent to South Africa. ‘The Monterey will sail from Halifax about the end of Fobruary, "God Save the Q-ooc.;' in Rousing Style #¢ Mentreal, Ottawa, Jan. 20. â€" The Strathâ€" cona Horse willl comprise three squadrons. ‘There will be 25 oflicers, 86 nonâ€"commissioned and 475 men, or 536 men and 563 horses. y the Monterer, Montreal, Jan. 20. â€" The Eldorâ€" Dempster Steamship Company chas ?.“‘\ notified that the stearishin W1ll Oomprise 536 Men of Ail Bauks and u l mnionaF on encE around its neck. The Pomeranian is taking 100 lambs from Halifax to be killed the trip out. Best of order vailed at embarkation, there b cold weather the men were orderal to don their heavy coags. This was done, and the khaki uniforms . were consequently hidden from the view of the people who gathered on the line of march. Rifles were strapped across the men‘s backs. ‘"D" squadron are taking with them a large, fierce looking boarâ€" hound as a mascot. "C‘" squadron, the reverse, a pretty little Irish terâ€" riex, which, in the procession, was bedecked with ribbons and several la.dle-d ::ln.uc!ng slippers â€" dangliog . manellasl 0 PC Cmee S .. Heke second batialion of the Canadian {MR‘.'OOQM ‘The event M"‘“mqm» ple. â€" Thousands chcered themselves hoarse as the. gallant sialwaris of the Northwest Mounted Police and the cowboys from the ranches marchâ€" ““w‘ul.tra-wt ‘The tand of the Leinster regiment furnished music, and as the troops marched to the wharf and embarked there were cheers from tens of thousands of throats. The deDating staniess Aamaii. l 1 CC# S#n. ; 20. «â€" THO stcamship Pomerani.n sailo! on Ealâ€" widay at 5.80 p.mi. for south Asrica, P C . OC" Apeeen anoeipihe with the second instalwent of the second batialion of the Canadian Mounted Itifies on board, ‘The event w‘fl“by‘“tm of -th-hmo.uum‘gdmm ple. _ Thousands chccred themselves Entlhindestlc Ferewell at Walltex to the | Menateg Pulits and Cowboys Who Will Ds Good rervice in the Warâ€"~ I Loones and MM tbe Embarkstion ~ Struth» j FREXCH LA TYERg s1xG THESTRATHCONA HORSE Medicine 5063 Marses, sonn‘s Horer, When Solicitorâ€"Generâ€" being live on "IL nev adld 17" "I never told you 1 bad any more, ald I7" ~, * "What," exclaimed the doctor, "do you mean to say you were aware of your condition ?" "On, 1 think #o!" was the cheerful re spouse. "Fire away and let we bear the worst." "You bave only one lung," announe ed the doctor solemnly. ‘‘Well, what of that?" retorted the candidate, with the utmost composure. "Young man," be said, "do you think you can bear a shock ?" Requerting the young man to remove bis cont and vest, the doctor produced a stethoscope and began his examinaâ€" tion. All at ouce be stopped and reâ€" garded the candidate with an expres ston of alarm. ed around the room, and everybody except the senator from Johnson saw the joke. But the spirit of levity passâ€" ed away from Senator Clarke. He at once assumed his humble attitude, and the other boy# voted bim as ustial durâ€" Ing the remainder of the session. Clarke kept on panching Meads untit the senator from Jeffe . Moses A. MeCold, rose and solemnfy introduced a bill for an act entitled "An act repenling the approprintion for the state university." A broad smile passâ€" One day, however, Ezekiel came into the senate with hair cnt and a clean sbave. He aat upright in his seat and began to slaugbter right and ieft State Senator Gcorge F. Wright lookâ€" ed across to where the senator from Johnson was sitting and Inquired what change bad come over the senator from Johnson county. The other senâ€" ator replied that the appropriation biil for the state university had now passâ€" ed both houses, and the senator from Johnson was going to make up for lost time. A*~ He Tried to Assert His Indepenrdence. but Falled Miserably. The writer remembers a good many years ago when the late Ezekiel Clarke was a member of the state senate froin Johuson county. It is well known that the senator or member from Johnson county is always expected to get a large appropriation for the state untâ€" versity. To fail would be political death. Senator Clarke was ansious to succeed and ‘during the carly part of the sesslon voted for everytying. If another senator bad a bill, ail he bad to do was to go and whisper in Ezekiel‘s ear, and he would vote "aye." "The arctie foothill mosquito is withâ€" out doubt the most terrible insect pest ber of cattle near Fort Hraxir:lirté;nâ€"lâ€"l;t had been made stone bilind by stings near the eye. » in the world."â€"New Oricans Timesâ€" Democrat. "Another man, a fireman in the boat erew, got drunk on Alaska whisky one afternoon and lay down to take a nap in a corner of the engine room. 1 noâ€" ticed bim a litte later and was horriâ€" fied at the solid brown mass of mosâ€" quitoes that bad settled on a small exâ€" posed section of his cheek and throat In an bour his face was swollen out of all resemblance to anything buman, be was unable to swallow and was burnâ€" lug with fever. it was a week before he was able to be about. 1 saw a numâ€" least a bundred times, and his feet were l%l.errlbl: inflamed that the shoes had to be cut off. . COULD BEAR a SHOCK. f At Druggists. By mail from Or. Mope Medicine Co‘y, Limiled, about the arctic mosquito begins to come up to the real thing," said a guest in the St. Charles corridor the other @vening. *"I went up the Yukon river in the summer of 1896, renresentin® nhl.._ut_l_o'_“!.“w tog of go06 health you will never| & °â€" °. ~.".".~ Siii~.~ . ~ > gle .cc be without TINY TABLETS, E EVERYBODYS FRIEND _ Board of Direstors. â€" GBETTER THAG A TRIP TO EUROPE â€"| smearce a uc 1e EQBERT MELVIN, Proskdent, Gueiph â€" HUMBLED THE SENATOR. Pest In the World.. . _ _ _ THE ARCTIC Mosquito. er of 1896, representing and Dominion Trading Look pleasant? Aud my main trouble for years was in fellowing that same order. "No matter how hard 1 tried 1 would Wlmdf.fi'vl-lmm an extra hard I was certain to make borrible faces, screw np my eyes and grit my teoth. It took all the ofâ€" feet out of my act and must hare seemed very funny to the people in the audience. Often, after performing same difficult feat, i have been mortlâ€" Hed to henr a roar of Inughter, and at ~l¢l~=l.=~hn.~v to smile or the knack at last, and now it has $y batie work when I was only 15 years old as one of a ‘family‘ of five. My Instructor was Charies McDonald, an old time cireus performer and one of the best of his day. While be was putâ€" Gymuast to Do. "The thing I found hardest to learn In my bustness was to amile," said #» professional gymnast_who did a very clever speciaity recently at one of the local theaters. "I started ont in acroâ€" Photographerâ€"Madam, you ~inight permit your understudy to sit for you. â€"Cléveland Plain Denler. A Rude Suggestion. Great Actressâ€"That‘s an atrocious portrait! Is that the best.you can do? s there no way you can improve upon It? Buggest something. One of the Hardest Things For the Students of architecture may bave often wondered why the two towers of Notre Dame at Paris were not of the same size. 1t appears that when the cathedral was built it was the cathedral of a suffragan bishop, who was not entitled to two towers of equal height, and for centuries the bishop of Paris was suffragan to the bishop of A Candle Trieck. ~ Let a candle burn unt!) it has a good long anuff; then blow it out with a sudâ€" den puff. A bright wreath of white smoke will curl up from the bot wick. Now, If a fiame be applied to this smoke, even at a distance of two or three Inches from the candle, the fame will run down the smoke and rekinâ€" die the wick in a very fantastic manâ€" ner. To perform this ceremony nicely there must be no draft or "banging" doors while the mystle spell is rising. "Well, what was the (difference? said General Fisk, smiling at the lad‘s engerness. â€" "George Washington couldn‘t tell a le, sirl" eried the boy in exnitant tones, Shouts of Inughter followed, in which the general joined beartily.â€"Deâ€" troit News. The Laugh on the General. The late Generai Clinton B. Fisk was once addreasing a Sunday school conâ€" vention. One of the speakers had reâ€" minded the children that it was Washâ€" lngton‘s birthday. ‘Children," said General Fisk, "you all know that Washington was a genâ€" eral. Perbaps you know that 1 am also a general Now, can aby ope tell what was the difference between (enâ€" eral Washington and myself?" "I kudw, sir," rrpllecrlrv; ;I;l'lll boy in the back part of the room. "That is only a sample of many cases. Women can be depended upon to antagonize women under such cir cumstances. Not only did they do so in the case I have cited, but they acâ€" tually gave the marble beart and the ley band to this woman after they deâ€" feated ber prospects of a promotion. I am satisfied that one of the most inâ€" fluential obstacles to women in their effort to secure equal recognition with men comes from their own sex." The man who asked and answered the question then moved off before his audience of lady clerks bad au opportuâ€" nity to reply to his assertions.â€"Washâ€" ington Star. "It is because they are held back by members of their own sex," be said. ‘Bome time ago a lady in one division I know of was so favorably regarded that she would have been made chief of that division, but as soon as her prospects became known her fellow clerks of the same sex became indigâ€" nant and united in a protest. They deâ€" clared ‘that they could never work unâ€" der ber; that they would a thousand times rather have a man than a woman to ‘boss‘ them. They wouldn‘t allow her to ‘lord it over them.‘ own interrogatory. service?" asked a government cierk of & quarter of a century‘s experience. The question was put to several ladies in the treasury department Before auy one of them bad time to reply the The State of Afairs Said to Exist In the Government Service. "Why is it that women are practical ly debarred from receiving promotions to the bigher places in the gorernment LEARNING TO SMILE. WOMEN OPPOSE womEen. Wiliees . _ ; â€"_ . auatice *3 Decaoee or Qneat h Two Towers. £, t i@ ie 2X â€" wane, w oo haleotoleo.,, Cns h ormrn: ons Aot Viee Erea " .008 ‘ ?:iv nooun. ‘The jury brought in a . ver dict d.::dg?fl d‘zui‘r'u': censed not obsying way Comâ€" pauny‘s rules in neglocting to place a Androw Arbackie, Oar Repairer, Was Killed at Brockville. Brockville, .Ont., Jan. 20. â€"Andrew Arbuckle, a car repairer, employed at the Grand Trunk shop, was accidentâ€" dlylilldwhllona.t work on Satur« day morning. was repairing a drawbar of a freight car, when . a shuntor backed a number of cars mm ths 1wo nhoue was crushed the two drawbars. He was 30° yoars of age, and unmarried. "I see poor fittie fellows of T and 8, nice little men who would be imanly if they were allowed to be, pusbed into that seat and out of it into another as If they were so many little dummies. They usually are very nearly that, for seven or eight years of such pushing and pulling is enough to take all the spirit out of a small boy unless he bas unusual vigor of character. . "A boy of that age ougbt to be beâ€" ginning to look out for his mother and finding seats for her. Occasionally a sensible mother, who treats her boy like a buman being, is to be found, and it is a pleasure to see the two together. "The boy who is dragged around like a little muff during the eariy part of his life is apt to come to bimself after a time if be is not entirely ruined, and then be goes to ab opposite extreme, is rude and self asserting, while he is tryâ€" Ing to establish an equilibrium, and the mother can‘t imagine what the Spirit Out of Them. "I am always made sorry when I ride in the cars, through the shopping districts particulariy," said the woâ€" man to a newspaper man, "to see the mothera il! treat swail boys. it is ethica) cruelty, but quite as disastrous as. phyasical }ll treatinent might be, it seema to me. Mow Some Mothers Take All the "I am not the only one in the bustâ€" uess, however, who bas found it bard to simile at the right time. Almost evâ€" ery ballet dancer, eccentric character dancer and skirt dancer bas bad trouâ€" bie on the aame score. Most of them fnally acquire a borrible fSxed grimace that is supposed to be a amile, but bas no more suggestion of merriment than a brick wall. It is produced by eultâ€" rating & certain set of muscies and made to appear and disappear on the principle of pulling a string."â€"New Orâ€" leans Timesâ€"Democrat. A gencral banking business done. Coâ€" ections made, drafts issued payable in all parteUI the Dominion or any place in th world Highest rates of inter st allowed fo eult, Hot & much on account of the difficulty of his act as the sm#ing ease with which it is apparently done. You would never suppose from bis face that be was making any special exerâ€" tlom, and that of itself gives remarkaâ€" ble grace and fuish to his work. HE&" OFF MONTREAL Paid up < ap tai =â€" $20 ©«~00 Reserve Fund â€" $1,720,000 The Molsons Bank John B. Fischer, 600D, TENDE 4 a a WHOLESOME The Meat of It MANAGING SMALL BoYS3. onr in th* yard. ‘The meat is what they want A we slaughter nothing but t« yo» esnt and h .iside : beeve our customers can always be sure of getting delicious roasts and tender steaks. Cured Hams & !ml“ HIS HEAD was CRUsEHRD, WATERLOO .â€" During the hot season of the year people are naturaily more particular about the meats they JACOB HESPRLER, . Manager ‘Waterloo Branch. W. . RiddeU, a®